Curtain-bracket.



E. yJ. CHILDRBSS.

CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLIGATION FILED oQT.1o, 1911.

1,034,977. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

EDWARD J'. CHILDRESS, OF ALTAVISTA,.VIRGINIA.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 10, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

serial No. 653,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. Cnrnonnss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altavista, in the count-y of Campbell and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in curtain brackets.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a bracket which may be easily and quickly secured to or removed from a window casing without the application of nails or other securing elements, and which while adjustable both vertically and longitudinally upon the casing may be readily removed therefrom when desired.

I also aim to provide a bracket of this character constructed of a single piece of spring material having the portion forming the horn thereof provided with spaced walls, and means for compressing the walls, one toward the other to draw the opposite ends of the fixture, which are provided with offset bracket engaging elements, together so that the said bracket engaging elements will tightly contact with both the upper and lower edges of the casing.

It is also my purpose to provide a bracket of this character wherein the lower off-set engaging portion may be dispensed with when the fixture is to be attached to the extreme ends of the casing and especially when a miter joint instead of the ordinary block is employed, in which instance the bracket is provided with an opening adapted for the reception of a single tack and the upper portion thereof is tightly secured to the top of the casing through the medium of a compressible horn.

VV'ith the above recited objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective vien7 of the improved bracket, showing the same applied to a window frame. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the bracket. Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of the bracket.

Referring now to the drawings in detail the numeral l designates an ordinary window casing, and 2 my improved bracket which is adapted to be attached to the casing. The bracket is formed from a single piece of resilient material such as brass or the like, and compuses an elongated member having both its upper and lts lower edges bent at a substantially right angle of the bracket proper as indicated by the numerals 3 and 4. Both of these offsets or frame engaging elements preferably have their inner edges bent to provide teeth which engage the upper and lower edges of the casing when the bracket is in position upon the casing, so as to prevent an accidental longitudinal movement of the bracket.

The front or body of the bracket, designated by the numeral 5 has one of its ends 70 offset as at G to provide a shade engaging member, and the said body is bent upon itself to provide the substantially semicylindrical horn 7. It will be noted by reference to the figures of the drawings that tering openings l0 and 1l. The opening 10 80 is rcamed for the reception of a head 12 of a bolt 13. This bolt is non-threaded and has its lower portion which extends through the opening 11 pivotally connected as at lll between the bifureated head l5 of a cam 85 member 16. This cam member is provided with a depending arm 17 and it will be readily noted that by swinging the arm of the cam member in one direction will cause the said cam to force the bolt downwardly and bring the cam into contact with the under face of the wall 9 so as to compress the walls 8 and 9 together and as a consequence bring their offset or contacting ends tightly into engagement with both the upper and lower edges of the window casing.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a bracket which may be employed at the extreme ends of a window casing. In this instance the lower offset engaging portion is dispensed with and the lower face or body of the' bracketl is provided with a single opening a, the same being adapted to receive some retaining element such as a headed tack or the like, the remainder of the structure being similar to that heretofore described.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought commend themselves to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain. It is also to be stated that I am aware of the fact that numerous devices have beenl employed whereby curtain brackets are attached to y"window frames without the employment of Inails, screws and the like, and I do not claim broadly such a structure but What I do claim is zf l. A window bracket constructed of resilient material and having oiset engaging members, said bracket being p-rovided with a horn having spaced walls, and means connected with the horn for compressing the walls thereof to bring the engaging portions of the bracket toward each other.

Q. A window shade bracket constructed of a single piece of resilient material, and having itsopposite ends offset' and provided with teeth, the bracket being bent upon ity self to provide a horn, the upper and lower walls provided by the said horn being spaced away from each other a bolt carried by the Y upper wall and extending through the lower wall, and a cam member provided with a handle connected with the bolt and adapted to be swung into engagement with the lower wall to compress the walls of the horn to bring the offset ends of the bracket toward each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. CHILDRESS. Witnesses:

ERNEsT JoNns, M. B. JONES.

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